"Il Porcellino" or the Boar of the Ufizzi by Pietro Tacca

Very finely chiselled cast bronze sculpture depicting a beautiful nude nymph standing emerging from tall reeds at the edge of a stream. At her feet is a water jug, with a marble base...

Garniture of bronze figures, depicting a scene of hunters with an elephant with a dead tiger strapped securely on top of it, accompanied with one hunter and another at his side with ...

Art Deco sculpture called “The Dance”, made of brown patinated bronze with a Portoro marble base. Made by Pierre Le Faguays (1892-1962). Signed Le Faguays. France, circa 1920.

"The Little Sad One" by Demtre H. Chiparus (1886-1947). Patinated bronze and ivory on marble base. Alberto Shayo (1993) "Chiparus, Master of Art Deco" p. 76.

Goldscheider Ceramic statuette "The Captured Bird" design by Josef Lorenzl (1892-1950) and it was registered as the "Model 5230".The woman depicted h...

Sculpture “La Frileuse” by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). It is made of gilded bronze supported on a red marble base. Signed JB Carpeaux, P B, Susse Frères, Editeuns Paris, Suss...

A mid-19th century model of the Uffizi Boar, called 'Il Porcellino', by Austin & Seeley, the seated figure of the boar on an integral square plinth. This cast stone model of the Uffizi Boar takes its name from a 17th-century bronze fountain by sculptor Pietro Tacca, made for Cosimo II de' Medici and originally placed in the Loggia at the Mercato Nuovo in Florence. This civic space was also known as the Loggia del Porcellino, named after the boar as rubbing the statue's nose is said to bring great wealth. Made in the 1630s, it was modelled after an earlier marble version (Italian, 2nd-1st century BC) discovered in Rome in 1556 on the slopes of the Esquiline Hill, itself thought to be based on a lost Greek Hellenistic bronze version. After restoration, the marble statue was brought to Florence in 1568 as a gift from Pope Pius IV to Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici, initially placed in the Pitti Palace. Both this marble and the 17th-century bronze versions are now housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. It remained an immensely popular subject for Grand Tourists, who collected their own versions. It is a testament to the commercial prowess of Austin and Seeley...

This splendid ceramics boar was made by the Sardinian master ceramist Claudio Pulli. Claudio Pulli's works have a particular ceramic casting process and are unique in the world. Th...

‘The Finding of Moses’ - An Important Florentine White Marble Figural Group, by Pietro Bazzanti on a carved Rosso Levanto Pedestal. Italian, circa 1870. Incised to the base ‘P. Bazzanti , Firenze’. The sculpture depicts the Pharaoh’s daughter in classical dress and wearing the Egyptian...

After the model by Pierre (Pietro Francavilla) de Francheville) (1548-1615) This energetic model of an athlete in motion has finely detailed musculature. The patina is a rich brown...

1870s Italian carved marble bust of a woman byPietro Bazzanti. Signed on back. Sculpture needs a base, it does not sit flat.

" Bronze Sculpture , Hunting Dogs Assaulting the Wild Boar. " Bronze sculpture in the Napoleon III style, 20th century, the hunting dogs attacking the wild boar, green patina. H: 33...